<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>A RALLY of WRITERS</strong></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>The 30<sup style="line-height:0">th</sup> Anniversary!</strong></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Lansing, Michigan</strong></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">April 8, 2017</span></span></strong></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">9am-4:30pm</span></span></strong></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Register now!</strong></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt">See Rally webpage <a href="http://www.arallyofwriters.com/" target="_blank">www.arallyofwriters.com</a> for registration information</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt">and bios, photos, and interviews with several of our terrific speakers.</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Lori Spielman</strong>, Keynote, best-selling fiction writer: Personality of a Novel</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Julie Timmer</strong>, fiction writer: sharing session on Personality with Lori Spielman</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Andrea Collier</strong>, national nonfiction author: Slanting Articles</span></p><strong style="font-size:12pt">Gabriel Gates</strong><span style="font-size:12pt">, actor, fiction writer: Ghostwriting; Screenwriting</span><br><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Beverly Jenkins</strong>, top African-American history and fiction writer: Historic Romance</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Landis Lain</strong>, debut YA: Young Adult Voice</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Barb Modrack</strong>, journalist, short stories: Short Short Stories</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Steven Harper Pizaks</strong>, popular sci-fi fiction writer: Theme in Fiction; Nuts & Bolts of ms</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Alice Speilburg</strong>, agent looking for authors: Session with Agent</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Gijsbert & Robbyn Van Frankenhuyzen</strong>, top children’s writers: Children’s Books</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Jess Wells</strong>, fine short stories, novels: Settings: Family History</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Terry Wooten</strong>, the bard of Michigan: Narrative Poetry</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Registration</strong>: $85 in advance ($100 at the door)</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt">                        $35 - Special student price for 30<sup style="line-height:0">th</sup> Anniversary</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Lunch</strong>: $15  - deli buffet</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Rally Warm-Up</strong>:  “Storypalooza, ”Schuler Books Eastwood • <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">April 7 at 7 pm</span></span> • Free</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt">        Listen to several storytellers on “Truths Will Set You Free”!</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>Quiz</strong>: Which author’s new book is titled <em>Mrs. Saint and the Defectives</em>?</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt">More information: Linda Peckham <a href="tel:(517)%20372-3385" value="+15173723385" target="_blank">517.372.3385</a></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><em>This program is funded in part by Gibson’s Bookstore, Lansing Community College, WKAR Radio & TV,</em></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><em>and the Michigan </em><em>Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.</em></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Lise Mitchell, Director</div><div>Grand Ledge Area District Library</div><div>131 E. Jefferson Street</div><div>Grand Ledge, MI 48837</div><div> </div><div><a href="mailto:gladldirector@gmail.com" target="_blank">gladldirector@gmail.com</a> </div><div>517-622-3550 direct</div><div>517-627-7014 Library</div><div>517-627-6276 fax</div></div></div></div></div>
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